Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-15
MONUMENT DAY.

Preparation-The City Already Wear
 Ing Gala Day Appearance-Many
 Buildings Decorated-The Grand Re.
 caption To-Morroxy Night at Union
 ArmoFy by tho G. A. R. to Shermans
 Sheridan, Terry and others The
 Naval Squadron in the outer HarbOr -Jottfngs.
 The decorating of the city for Friday is progressing rapidly and the streets and buildings are wearing gala appearance. | The big arches are being dressed and adorned | in their variegated attire and distinguished , by their respective notices. Many of the store fronts on Chapel street look finely. Bolton & Nicely unveiled their west front | show window yesterday afternoon. It looks finely, and everybody who passed took a look at the soldiers monument in the center, look | ing like 8 pure granite shaft. It has in floral ! figures on the shafts front '1S61-1S65' and 1 other floral adornments, and on the other
 sides are appropriate mottoes. Thanking it
 at each of the four corners are appropriate | Rogers groups standing on pedestals cov- | cred with American flags, and the entire | background of the mammoth window is a sunburst of evening silks in red, white and blue-the whole effect being very fine. These are only part of the extensive decorations Uu0 StOT0 IS CO udV0 auQ WHICH WILL De COm- pleted tomorrow. The High school build 1 ing decoration "takes the cake," to use the expression of- an old citizen who took a walk about town yesterday on purpose to view the decorations, and is sure the decorations sur pass those of any other public building in the city. The City Hall and county court house decorations look we'll and the work is still incomplete. Over the entrance to the court house are large festoons of American flags, hanked at each side with the British scarlet ensign and the blue naval ensign of the same nation. At the third story the cen tral design is mammoth red, white and blue butterfly twenty feet wide; on the right is butterfly composed of German ensigns and on the left the collection is of Spanish flags. Upon the front of City Hall are if teen large butterflies composed of the flags of various nations and red, white and blue bunting, while interspersed here and there are numerous Union shields, over which small flags of different nations on tiny staffs are placed Over the main entrance of the hall are butterflies composed of Irish, Ger man and other flags. Above these decora- tions and occupying the space in front of the Mayors office is the shield of the city of New Haven, painting by 10 feet in size.
 From the City Hall tower numerous flags futter from long lines of roping. The Re
 publican league building is in the opinion of
 many the most tasteful in appearance of any building. Workmen were busy yesterday completing the erection of the big reviewing
 stand nearly in front of the League building. Mcintyre & Maguire's building certainly pre-
 sents very handsome and gay appearance
 with it's bright and new decorations. It
 is decorated very tastefully and symmetrical ly. The Exchange building is touched up" little, but the display is quite feeble. The display on the Glebe building at the Grays' association rooms is very tasteful bright and attractive. Some of the decorative material oal abo17 foxrzY &ha nf ofr aEo 1ooI-e
 well worn and used up. Some of the Mexi
 can flags used look as if they had been all through the Mexican war and done picket duty in every political campaign since; and some of the lettering needs improvement, as for instance when nineteen naval battles is spelled nineteen navel battles," especially in so conspicuous a.place as the great quadruple arch on the corner of Chapel and Orange streets. Numbers of citizens stop to notice the arch, see the bad orthography and retire smiling. The sound of the hammer and saw of the decorator and the jog trot of the deco rators' belled wagons are heard all about town. Programmes for Monument day are getting very numerous and vary much in size and appearance. None of them are correct, but all are as correct as such programmes are usually and they answer popular object. The city's official programmes are out, hay ing appeared first from the printers hands yesterday afternoon. .-Ihree thousand printed WILL Dc prluteu Luo STduu exercises at the armory tomorrow night. The expenses of this camp fire will be $465, be- side $50 for the lemonade, which will be passed around among the audience. The Great Camp Fire To-Morrow
 Night.
 Tomorrow nights camp fire will be the greatest in the history of the Grand Army days in New Haven since the grand demon stration here years ago, when the national body, G. A. R., met here and there was grand promenade at old Music Hall. Gen. eral Grant, General Sherman, General Sheri- dan, General Hancock, General Devens and many other heroes of the war, and Vice Pres ident Wilson were among those present. To- morrow nights affair at the Union armory, Meadow street, under the G. A. F. auspices will be very brilliant event. The digni- taries to be present most of whom will speak, are Commander-in-ChiefF Fairchild G. A. R. Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Terry, Scofeld, Franklin, Porter, Couch, Slocum, Rear Ad- mirals Porter and Nicholson, Colonel Fred of Arctic exploration fame, Department Commanders Taintor and Allison. Colonel Eugene Morehouse. These will all occupy the stage. There was hurrying to and fro yesterday and grand bustling about to procure seats enough to seat the multitudes
  mentary tickets. All the spare benches and- camp chairs in town will if necessary be pro- cured in order to seat the vast audience. There will be singing besides the speaking. All will be glad of the opportunity to see the faces of the distinguished war heroes and other prominent men who will be present. There will also be grand band concert. General Terry and Colonel Foote's
 Initiation Into Admiral FOote Post
 TO.MOrrOw Afternoon.
 Owing to necessity the programme as to initiating General Terry and Colonel Foote, son of Admiral Foote, into Admiral Foote post has been changed and instead of in the evening this interesting event will occur at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Admiral Foote posts hall. The exercises will last about three-quarters of an hour. From these inner mysteries the public are excluded. The ceremonies over, General Terry will be es- corted to the New Haven House, where grand serenade will it is probable be given the hero of Fort Fisher.
 Generous Aid From Business Men.
 Much appreciation is felt among the Me morial Guard of the public schools for the | generous gift of Messrs. Bolton & Nicely of \ seven hundred belts, one for each boy in I inc Friday, and the pupils give also their | hearty thanks to Cheney Brothers of South l Manchester for their gift of six hundred silk I flags for the public school pupils who will be | n line, the flags costing $2.50 dozen, and | 10 Mcintyre & Mcguire for their donation of ! silk banners, one to each company; to Cro- ! nan, the paper box maker, who has given seven hundred knapsacks for the boys in the ! and to Futile, Morehouse 6 Fay lor who did the printing on the knapsacks, Greeley of Arctic Fame-Win Arrive
 This Evening.
 Lieutenant A. w. Greeley, of Arctic explo- ration fame, telegraphed to General E. S. Greeley yesterday that he would arrive this evening. He is chief signal officer of the United States army, and will be the guest of General Greeley at his residence. Lieuten- ant Greeley will be most warmly welcomed to New Haven. His fame as an explorer, his sufferings and those of his party which thrill \ ed with pity the civilized world, and his high record as an officer and explorer render him | a Ouest whom the Dublic of this citv will he